Kayla Zankle is part of a small team at the Minnesota DNR leading the charge against the spread of invasive Asian carp on the Mississippi River between Wisconsin and Minnesota. The agency is working in collaboration with the local U.S. Geological Survey office, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser…
On a vast stretch of the Mississippi River, Kayla Zankle drags a trawl over the front of an aluminum fishing boat. A custom metal frame clangs loudly as the net swings into the water below, where Zankle hopes to collect fish eggs suspended in the water column.
Kayla Zankle, invasive carp specialist with the Minnesota DNR, adjusts a ichthyoplankton trawl on Pool 8 of the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wis. The trawl is used to collect fish eggs suspended in the water column to monitor for invasive Asian carp eggs.
Noah Thelen, an intern with the Minnesota DNR, uses a remote receiver to track tagged invasive carp near La Crosse, Wis. Removal operations rely heavily on tagged fish to monitor movement up and down the river.
A receiver designed to continually track tagged Asian Carp floats July 10 in Pool 8 of the Mississippi River. The device is one of 30 installed up and down the river by the Minnesota DNR to track the species' movement.
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Kayla Zankle manually sifts through some spilled sample July 10 for invasive-carp eggs. Several samples are collected and brought to a lab where they are meticulously searched for evidence of Asian carp eggs.
Kayla Zankle collects a sample from a trawl July 10 on the Mississippi River near Hokah, Minn. Researchers have been monitoring the mouth of the Root River, which spills into the Mississippi, after a school of Asian carp was detected by receivers there.
A trawl moves July 10 through the water in Pool 8 of the Mississippi River, where it will collect fish eggs. Invasive carp have been detected in this section Mississippi River, but no evidence of reproduction events has been collected.
Saskia Hatvany, River Valley Media Group
Kennan Bruening, an invasive-carp specialist with the Minnesota DNR, navigates July 10 the Root Rivernear Hokah, Minn. Researchers are monitoring the area for invasivve carp, which have been detected in several other Mississippi River tributaries.
Kayla Zankle is part of a small team at the Minnesota DNR leading the charge against the spread of invasive Asian carp on the Mississippi Rive…
Noah Thelen, an intern with the Minnesota DNR, uses a remote receiver to track tagged invasive carp near La Crosse, Wis. Removal operations rely heavily on tagged fish to monitor movement up and down the river.
Kennan Bruening, an invasive-carp specialist with the Minnesota DNR, navigates July 10 the Root Rivernear Hokah, Minn. Researchers are monitoring the area for invasivve carp, which have been detected in several other Mississippi River tributaries.
Kayla Zankle manually sifts through some spilled sample July 10 for invasive-carp eggs. Several samples are collected and brought to a lab where they are meticulously searched for evidence of Asian carp eggs.
A trawl moves July 10 through the water in Pool 8 of the Mississippi River, where it will collect fish eggs. Invasive carp have been detected in this section Mississippi River, but no evidence of reproduction events has been collected.
Kayla Zankle collects a sample from a trawl July 10 on the Mississippi River near Hokah, Minn. Researchers have been monitoring the mouth of the Root River, which spills into the Mississippi, after a school of Asian carp was detected by receivers there.
Kayla Zankle, invasive carp specialist with the Minnesota DNR, adjusts a ichthyoplankton trawl on Pool 8 of the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wis. The trawl is used to collect fish eggs suspended in the water column to monitor for invasive Asian carp eggs.
A receiver designed to continually track tagged Asian Carp floats July 10 in Pool 8 of the Mississippi River. The device is one of 30 installed up and down the river by the Minnesota DNR to track the species' movement.
